Alan Mikhail on Selim I, the Ottoman Empire and the making of the modern world

September 1, 2020

Turkey Book Talk #123 – Alan Mikhail, professor of history at Yale University, on “God’s Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern World” (WW Norton).

The book is a hugely ambitious, continent-spanning reexamination of the life and times of Selim I, who ruled from 1512 to 1520 and whose reign saw seismic changes in Ottoman and world history.

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Posted by William Armstrong
Filed in Alevis, European history, History, Interviews, Islam, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman history, Podcast, Turkey, Turkish history
Tags: Alan Mikhail, European history, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman history, Selim the Grim, Sultan Selim I

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